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Single suggestions that aren't enough for their own thread

Started by webny99, March 13, 2018, 12:29:56 PM

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webny99

Two completely avoidable and somewhat annoying things have been happening a lot recently:

-Quoting of posts that have five or more images, which increases page length for no reason. You can cut out the images, or even just quote the author's name.
-Excessively long Google Maps links (you can easily avoid this by doing [bracket]url=(paste link)[/bracket](words to link)[bracket]/url[/bracket]).


vdeane

Quote from: webny99 on March 13, 2018, 12:29:56 PM
-Excessively long Google Maps links (you can easily avoid this by doing [bracket]url=(paste link)[/bracket](words to link)[bracket]/url[/bracket]).
Also by checking the "short URL" option in the share/embed link dialog.
Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position of NYSDOT or its affiliates.

webny99

Quote from: vdeane on March 13, 2018, 12:35:29 PM
Quote from: webny99 on March 13, 2018, 12:29:56 PM
-Excessively long Google Maps links (you can easily avoid this by doing [bracket]url=(paste link)[/bracket](words to link)[bracket]/url[/bracket]).
Also by checking the "short URL" option in the share/embed link dialog.

If you mean the little globe with the clipboard (above the emojies), that's kind of cool! I never knew about that shortcut... I just figured out the code from taking note of how it was done in posts I quoted.

vdeane

It's an option in Google Maps, not here.  Menu, Share or embed map, then it has the checkbox and a link that can be copied.
Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position of NYSDOT or its affiliates.